{"id":300,"date":"2016-08-05T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T19:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.denver.wordcamp.org\/?p=300"},"modified":"2016-09-25T22:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T04:07:50","slug":"call-for-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denver.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TLDR; Speaker applications for WordCamp Denver 2016 are now closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WordCamps are\u00a0an opportunity to learn about new technology;\u00a0make connections with designers, developers, freelancers, copy-writers, agency owners, and site builders; as well as get involved in your local WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>To do that we need members in our community to step onto a\u00a0stage and share their story.\u00a0You don\u2019t need\u00a0to have a special\u00a0degree or credentials. You just have to have a learning moment that you\u2019re willing to share.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you get hacked? Tell us what you learned?<\/li>\n<li>Did you learn the secrets of content marketing? Can you distill them into a top 10 list?<\/li>\n<li>Do you develop custom themes for small businesses? What are the most time consuming parts of that process and how do you speed it up?<\/li>\n<li>Did you find the perfect 4 plugins for any site? What are they and are there any tricks to installing them?<\/li>\n<li>Did you have a <a href=\"http:\/\/clientsfromhell.net\/\">client from hell<\/a> and you put in place rules to never have one again? What are those rules and how well have they worked?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re going to have 4 types of talks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development (coding, hosting, test sites, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Design (color &amp; design theory, theme design, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Business (profit optimization, running a team, working with freelancers, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Growth (SEO, SEM, content marketing, social media, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve had a learning moment and it relates to one of the topics\u00a0above we\u2019d love to have you.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also planning a townhall track which will be an hour long Q&amp;A on a designated topics. If you\u2019re willing to be in the hot seat in a\u00a0townhall session please mention it in your application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: Applications to speak at WordCamp Denver 2016 have closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TLDR; Speaker applications for WordCamp Denver 2016 are now closed. WordCamps are\u00a0an opportunity to learn about new technology;\u00a0make connections with designers, developers, freelancers, copy-writers, agency owners, and site builders; as well as get involved in your local WordPress community. 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